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Gastroenterologists are physicians who diagnose and treat the entire gastrointestinal tract — from oesophagus to rectum — plus the liver, pancreas, and biliary system, wielding the endoscope as their primary instrument. In India the specialty has become one of the highest-value non-surgical super-specialties: a single ERCP for a biliary stone or an EUS-guided pancreatic biopsy can bill ₹40,000-1,20,000 per case, and a busy interventional gastroenterologist running two lists a day routinely generates ₹6-15 lakh of hospital revenue weekly. The Indian path is MBBS → MD General Medicine (3 years via NEET-PG) → DM Gastroenterology (3 years via NEET-SS), the last being among the top-3 most competitive super-specialty DM seats, with AIIMS Delhi DM Gastroenterology cut-offs frequently in the top 20-50 of the NEET-SS rank. Key practice institutions include AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh, SGPGI Lucknow, CMC Vellore, JIPMER, ILBS Delhi (India's liver transplant hub), Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hyderabad, Apollo Hospitals, Medanta Gurugram, and Fortis. The 2026 demand picture: India carries one of the world's largest burdens of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease driven by obesity, and colorectal cancer incidence rising 4% annually — all feeding a specialty whose fully-trained practitioners remain acutely scarce relative to the disease burden.